UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 29194 Summary Calendar.

435 F.2d 832 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger McGehee, Jr., Jackson, Miss., (Ct. Apptd.), for appellant.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., E. Donald Strange, Daniel E. Lynn, Joseph E. Brown, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Willie Smith, was convicted in a jury trial for forging the endorsement of the payee on a Treasury check, with the felonious and fraudulent intent to receive the amount thereof from the government, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 495 (1966). We affirm.

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